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Next 7 daysLow13%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late May – mid July
Record year
200267
Trend
−5%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +108%

Fire clock

Ring = year, slice = week. Click a ring to focus that year.

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200127
200267
200326
200431
200533
200628
200739
200824
200929
201027
201122
201226
201313
201422
201523
201626
201734
201836
201915
202029
202112
202238
202331
202424
202534
202626

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~0.6

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
Sat31°
Sun30°
Mon28°
Tue29°
Wed29°
Thu27°
Fri28°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 16% of past years at this time

Year to date26
#9 of 26 yearsNormal: 24

Season

mid January – mid October

Onset
mid January
Peak
early June
End
mid October

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • late May – mid July

    28% of annual activity

  • late October – early November

    6% of annual activity

The normal year vs 2026

Bands show the 25-year range; the white line is this year so far.

25-year history

The raw record jumps in 2012 when VIIRS arrives; the harmonized record does not.

Harmonized: −5%/10Raw: +108%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

14

  • 2002

    67

    2.5× the normal annual activity

    peak 6.4× stronger than normal

    season began 8 weeks late

  • 2003

    26

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2007

    39

    peak 1.7× stronger than normal

  • 2013

    13

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season began 12 weeks late

  • 2014

    22

    season ended 10 weeks early

  • 2015

    23

    season began 15 weeks late

  • 2018

    36

    peak 2.0× stronger than normal

    season ended 7 weeks early

  • 2019

    15

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

    season began 6 weeks early

    season ended 7 weeks early

  • 2020

    29

    season ended 7 weeks late

  • 2021

    12

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2022

    38

    peak 1.8× stronger than normal

  • 2023

    31

    season began 6 weeks early

  • 2025

    34

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2026

    26

    season began 6 weeks late

    season ended 6 weeks early

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One fire history for the Land of Fire.

Built for the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026.

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Data sources

NASA FIRMS, NASA POWER, Open-Meteo, OpenStreetMap, geoBoundaries, OpenFreeMap

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